8+ hour, 32+ min ago  (651+ words) In an open letter to the NSW Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Police, and Commissioner of Police, advocates and civil society organisations have called for the charges to be dropped against people protesting against the visit of the President of Israel…...

15+ hour, 13+ min ago  (689+ words) The all day Love Lennox Festival returns Saturday, 13 June, with organisers saying they expect more than 10, 000 attendees to gather across town for one of the region's most loved community events. Organisers say, "Running from sunrise through to 5pm, the festival will…...

15+ hour, 52+ min ago  (631+ words) Ocean Magic, a new winter exhibition by local artist Yvonne Fenech, will open at Byron Spaces Gallery on Friday 5 June. Organisers say, "Inspired by decades spent surfing, swimming and living along the Byron coastline, Ocean Magic explores the movement, light…...

16+ hour, 33+ min ago  (801+ words) For Solveig, art has never been about fitting neatly inside categories. A lifelong painter, psychologist, curator, and creative force based in Mullumbimby, her work fuses the emotional resonance of Impressionism with a distinctly graphic sensibility she calls "graphic impressionism." Colour,…...

18+ hour, 19+ min ago  (602+ words) Hey Mullum! Did you know that, since the pandemic, Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre (M&DNC) has been running a low-cost community pantry? And over the last few years it's really expanded. Our Gulganii pantry, located at 3 Bridglands Lane, is part…...

16+ hour, 35+ min ago  (125+ words) echo. net. au Fund set up to help Chase Goldstraw's family after tragedy A Go Fund Me campaign has been set up to help the family of a young father recently killed in a truck accident in Tweed Heads. "The…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (372+ words) Another infrastructure repair project in response to damage caused by the Northern Rivers floods and landslides disasters more than four years ago has been announced. Workers are to replace a culvert damaged in the 2022 disasters on Crofton Road near Nimbin…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (443+ words) A mobile lung screening clinic is in Tweed Heads until 5 June with several spots available for free screenings. Safe Work NSW say, "Local business owners are also encouraged to register for the Safe Work Silica Worker Register and take proactive…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (392+ words) Following Council's decision, Belgravia Leisure a large multinational corporation has been awarded the contract to manage the Byron Shire aquatic facilities and will assume operations from 1 July,' current, soon to be former, managers of the Mullumbimby Petria Thomas Memorial Pool…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1076+ words) The Mullumbimby, Byron, and Lismore chambers of commerce, along with local businesses and the Byron and Lismore councils, have said that they are incredibly disappointed and frustrated at the federal government's decision not to fund the latest applications for the…...